Colorado Rockies vs Chicago White Sox Prediction, 6/28/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Colorado Rockies vs Chicago White Sox

Date: Friday, June 28, 2024

Location: Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, IL

TV: NBC Sports Chicago

The Chicago White Sox (21-61) are welcoming the Colorado Rockies (27-53) at Guaranteed Rate Field on Friday. The pitchers who are expected to start are Dakota Hudson and Drew Thorpe.

The Rockies have accumulated 144 two-baggers as a unit and have smacked 75 baseballs out of the stadium. Colorado is slugging .393 and have been called out on strikes 759 times, while drawing a walk on 220 occasions. As a squad, the Colorado Rockies are knocking in 4.2 runs/g, which has them at 16th in baseball. They have accumulated 322 runs batted in and 675 hits this season, and their average at the plate sits at .248. They have notched a total of 339 runs and hold an OBP of .308.

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They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 1.81 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.55. Rockies pitchers have conceded 93 long balls and also 472 runs (30th in baseball). Colorado has surrendered 804 hits (10.3 per 9 innings) as well as 443 earned runs. The Rockies are sitting with a team earned run average of 5.66 this season (30th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 519 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 286 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 4.73 as a unit on the year.

The Rockies have dispatched 237 relievers to the hill on the campaign. The relief pitchers have inherited 127 runners this season and 38.6% of them crossed home plate. They have compiled 15 saves this year and have not converted 12 of their 27 chances to save the game. The Rockies bullpen have accumulated a save percentage of 55.6% and has come into the game in 57 save situations. The bullpen have a total of 30 holds for the season (29th in MLB). Rockies pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 81 times and also have had 76 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Rockies have turned 66.8% of balls hit into play into outs in their 6,345 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 30th in professional baseball. The Colorado Rockies have earned a total of 2,115 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 797 assists and 40 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .986 which has them sitting 9th in professional baseball, and they have turned 79 double plays.

Hudson has taken the hill for 546 innings and has totaled 356 punch outs during his MLB career. Hudson (40-30 win-loss mark in his career) holds a FIP of 4.04 while he has faced 2,354 hitters in the majors. His ERA is 4.10 (249 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.418. He has given up 522 hits (8.6 hits per nine innings) and has 253 walks.

Chicago has 69 home runs for the year to go along with 234 runs batted in. They have hit 118 doubles, while taking a walk 209 times as well as recording 246 runs. The Chicago White Sox have a team OBP of .279 in addition to a team batting average of .218 on the campaign. The White Sox have a SLG% of .341 and they are recording 3.00 runs per contest (30th in MLB). They have been rung up on 694 occasions (11th in the league) and have earned 586 base hits.

The White Sox are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.409 in addition to having a FIP of 4.49 as a unit so far this year. They rank 25th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 695. The Chicago pitching staff have yielded 418 runs so far this season while holding a team ERA of 4.73 (375 earned runs yielded). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 8.80 (698 strikeouts vs 310 walks). They have conceded 103 homers and they relinquish 5.27 runs per 9 innings (29th in baseball).

With 71 save situations, the White Sox have recorded 37 holds in addition to 21 blown saves. Chicago has called on relievers to take the mound in 34 save chances and they have come away with 13 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 90 times in high leverage situations and on 97 occasions with runners on. Chicago relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 36.3% of 157 inherited base runners. They rank 30th in the league with a save rate of 38.2%, and they have dispatched 268 relievers onto the field for the season.

The Chicago White Sox have gotten 48 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .983 (21st in professional baseball). The White Sox have accrued 652 assists, 47 errors and have accumulated 2,141 putouts during this campaign. In 6,423 innings on the diamond, the White Sox have earned a defensive efficiency of 68.8% (26th in pro baseball).

Thorpe (1-1 mark in his career) has earned a 5.11 ERA and has allowed 7.0 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 0.82 and he has gone up against 66 batters during his MLB career. He has allowed 8 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.560 and having a FIP of 5.0. So far in his MLB career, Thorpe has surrendered 11 hits while he has accumulated 9 punch outs in 14 innings pitched.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Chicago

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